Delayed Reaction

Although there was further confirmation of the dire job situation from the AGR, we still have not seen a flood of students seeking help. But then university life ends with a whimper really; most people who have not been busy seeking jobs, and lots of those who have see summer as breathing space – perhaps the last one before the ‘career’ sets in. The bleak reality of the job market will set in on the 4th of September.

I have been listening to an account by Stephen Minger – top stem cell scientist – of his ealry career – 5 years as a fork-lift truck driver before returning to University – and then years of hard grind learnniog how to be a reseach scientist.